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...TELL NO ONE Siberia 1939. Lena Orlova plans a daring escape from a grim Soviet gulag to the one place in Russia's icy wilderness she knows is safe: a cave concealing the legendary Altar of Bones. San Francisco, Present Day. Zoe Dmitroff discovers that she is the last in a line of women who have been entrusted with a secret so great many have died preserving it. SHOW NO ONE Propelled into a dangerous quest to discover exactly what she was born to protect, Zoe is soon running for her life from those wanting to harness the Altar's powers. Only ex-Special Ops soldier Ry O' Malley can help her survive, but with time running out & the web closing in, Zoe has a devastating choice to make. TRUST NO ONE The ultimate thriller of our time, Altar of Bones spans the generations, crosses continents & unearths the dark secret behind one of the world's biggest unsolved conspiracies.